Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| if you need it / rarely / will / help you / Tom |
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| some petrol / every other day. / need / I travel a lot. I |
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| Do / feel tired? / you / often |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| is / late / often / John |
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| We / every other day / soup / have |
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| once a year / usually / go / I / to the dentist |
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| win / Does / ? / always / Kevin |
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| to the hairdresser's / once a month / go / I / usually |
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| have lunch / you / Do / at home? / usually |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| Mike / for dinner / often / eats / pizza |
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| oranges / I / eat / hardly ever |
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| can / They / never / listen |
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| find / can / your car keys / You / never |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| some help with the homework / need / usually / They |
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| shopping / have to go / I / day in, day out |
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| My car / several times a year / breaks down |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| to help me / very often / come / My parents |
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| always / at 8 a.m. / get up / I |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| rarely / She / listens / when you talk to her |
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| She / in blue / dresses / very often |
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| almost never / go on holiday / My parents |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| twice / Yesterday, / phoned / she / me |
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| always / She / is / asking me questions |
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| saw / five times / I / it |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the end) |
| dress / in green? / Can / always / I |
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| to the gym / ? / you / Do / every day / go |
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| three times a week / go / to the gym / I |
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| I / know / what to say / never |
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| often / to the disco? / you / How / go / do |
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| very tired / Something is the matter with me. I / in the mornings. / usually / am |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
